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QuoteAtlanta (CNN) -- Georgia Institute of Technology student Nicholas Selby is a force to be reckoned with.

The sophomore is a Mechanical Engineering major, co-leads Team Solar Jackets -- Georgia Tech's team that built and raced a solar-powered car in the Formula Sun Grand Prix -- and is a president's scholar, representing the top 2% of enrolled students at the university.

It's safe to say he must have a lot of energy -- and it appears to have been unleashed during his welcome speech Sunday to this year's freshman class.

It started out like many other convocations. Faculty, staff and notable guests, including Selby -- dressed in a traditional black robe with his mortarboard perfectly perched upon his head -- addressed the new recruits: "We chose Georgia Tech because we want to do the impossible."

VIDEO (1:54) HERE = http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/21/us/georgia-tech-sophomore-speech/index.html?hpt=hp_t5

This kid is putting the cool back in pocket-protectors....